visual
Americanadjective
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of or relating to seeing or sight.
a visual image.
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used in seeing.
the visual sense.
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perceptible by the sense of sight; visible.
a visual beauty.
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perceptible by the mind; of the nature of a mental vision.
a visual impression captured in a line of verse.
noun
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Usually visuals.
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the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc.
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photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion.
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a rough, preliminary sketch of an advertising layout, showing possible arrangements of material.
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any item or element depending on the sense of sight.
adjective
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of, relating to, done by, or used in seeing
visual powers
visual steering
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another word for optical
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capable of being seen; visible
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of, occurring as, or induced by a mental image
noun
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a sketch to show the proposed layout of an advertisement, as in a newspaper
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(often plural) a photograph, film, or other display material
Other Word Forms
- nonvisual adjective
- subvisual adjective
- supervisual adjective
- supervisually adverb
- unvisual adjective
- unvisually adverb
- visually adverb
Etymology
Origin of visual
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Late Latin vīsuālis, from vīsu(s) “sight” (noun use of past participle of vidēre “to see”) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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Before joining the Journal, Anika was a visual news designer at The Associated Press in Mexico City, where she focused on migration and markets in Mexico, Venezuela and Latin America broadly.
As one might deduce, “Young Sherlock” is fun enough, though for reasons visual rather than strictly narrative.
The implant then transforms that light into electrical pulses, helping restore the transmission of visual information to the brain.
From Science Daily
In doing so, he departed from established visual traditions and introduced a new way of representing this subject.
From BBC
He works closely with the national, economics, and investigations desks to create ambitious visual journalism.
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